Church of the Transfiguration 4000 E. Castro Valley Blvd., Castro Valley, CA 94552-4908

(510) 538-7941 Fax (510) 538-7983 E-mail: transfig_office@sbcglobal.net Website: www.transfigchurch.com April 3, 2016

Rev. Mario L. Borges, Pastor ● Rev. Terence O’Malley, Parochial Administrator Deacon Martin J. Leach ● Deacon John A. Mignano ● Deacon Timothy L. Moore ● Deacon Burton J. Rigley

LITURGICAL MINISTRY: Liturgy Coordinator, Sean Cooper Eucharistic Ministers, Stephen and Carina Kowalewski Lectors, Barbara Mehan Altar Servers, Clarence Decano Youth Liturgy, Michelle Gilman

FINANCE COUNCIL: Chairman, Mark Zaleski

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS: Catholic Youth Organization (CYO), 60 Plus or Minus Club

SAINT VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY: (510) 274-0830 Serving our community.

SICK & HOMEBOUND MINISTRY: Claudia Paquette, (510) 537-8986

STEWARDSHIP: Chairperson, Ed Coelho, (510) 881-5705 WINGS “Women in God’s Spirit”: Bobbie Blackard,510-581-4149 HALL MANAGER: Pat Ballinger, (510) 537-1502

HALL RENTAL MANAGER: Ann McAusland, 510-239-7941

YOUTH MINISTRY: Sean Cooper, (510) 581-5870 or transfigyouthcv@gmail.com PARISH OFFICE: Phone: (510) 538-7941 Fax: (510) 538-7983 Hours: 8:00 a.m. — 4:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday (Closed between 12:00 & 1:00 p.m.) Friday, 9:00a.m. — 12:00 Noon - Saturday & Sunday—Closed Secretary, Gloria Meeker Secretary/Bookkeeper, Phyllis Moore

SCHEDULE OF MASSES Saturdays 4:00 p.m. Sundays 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. (Except First Fridays - 9:30 a.m.) Communion Service - Saturdays, 8:00 a.m. CONFESSIONS Saturdays 3:00-3:45 p.m. BAPTISMS: Pre-baptismal class is required. Class is held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the Marian Room, Parish Hall. Please call the Parish Office, 538-7941, to register. MATRIMONY: Six months advance notice required. Please call the parish office. WEDDING COORDINATOR: Mel Speed (510) 909-9334 or melspeed@live.com FUNERALS: Please contact the funeral home of your choice and then the parish office. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Director, Patrice Ballinger (510) 537-1502 or TransfigCCD@aol.com RCIA: Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults Director, Martin Mijalski. Please call the parish office. MUSIC MINISTRY: Director, Alexander Katsman (510) 538-7941, Ext. 302 or Transfig_Music@sbcglobal.net

Mission Statement: “Transfiguring Our Community Through Faith”

Second Sunday of Easter (or Sunday of Divine Mercy)

April 3, 2016 Once I was dead,

but now I am alive forever and ever. — Revelation 1:18a

Mass Intentions (April 2-9, 2016) Sat. 4:00p.m. Edward & Mary Joaquin and Dr. Douglas Franklin Sun. 7:30a.m. John Meagher 9:00a.m. Mario Cirimele 11:00a.m. For the People Mon. 8:00a.m. Maria B. Pires Tues. 8:00a.m. Special Intention for Joseph & Carol Georges Wed. 8:00a.m. Manuel, Franasca and Joe Costa & Family Thurs. 8:00a.m. Luiz Capela Fri. 8:00a.m. Elvira Gomes Sat. 4:00p.m. The O’Brien & Daley Families

Stewardship Corner The collection total for the weekend of: March 19th & 20th—$9,399.00 March 26th & 27th/Easter—$23,451.00 (compared to $12,000 average weekly stewardship goal) Holy Land—$2,033.00 Easter Flowers—$1,193.00 Thank you for continuing in your stewardship role of providing for the upkeep of our parish community.

We extend a warm welcome to new parishioners. Please pick up a registration form in the vestibule of the church and return it to the Parish Office. This helps us to serve you better.

April Birthdays Happy Birthday to you, May God Bless you.

Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, May God Bless you!

Remember Transfiguration in your Will and Living Trust

Baptism Class

The next Baptism class will be Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Please call the Parish Office to register.

Adult Bible Study Monday evening, April 4, 2016 in the Marian Room, Parish Hall, 7:00-8:30p.m. No sign-up required, just drop in. Free will offering.

Transfiguration Catholic Church

Dear Parishioners, Our Holy Week Services were quite beautiful and inspiring. I want to thank all the ministries in the parish for their dedication and devotion in making Holy Thurs-day, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil and Sunday litur-gies beautiful expressions of our faith and a welcom-ing community for all our brothers and sisters who entered our church. May this Easter Season lead us to a glorious celebra-tion of Pentecost. With a grateful heart for all you do, thank you one and all. Yours in Christ, Fr. Mario Borges

Coffee and Donuts Isaac Nodal & Jocelyn Nodal will be hosting coffee and donuts this Sunday after the 9:00a.m. Mass. Stop by and enjoy the fellowship.

Your Prayers Are Requested for the Repose of the Souls of: Alice Dresen (Mother of Mike Dresen) Michael Giammona (Brother-in-law of Dorothy Giammona)

JOINING THE COMPANY OF BELIEVERS What will help you to believe? Today’s scripture readings tell of faith and doubt. They offer stories “recorded to help you believe,” as the passage from John’s Gospel (20:31) re-marks today. There is an urgency about this. On this Second Sunday of Easter we are challenged to join the company of believers—countless men and women who witnessed the power of the apostles’ faith. There is no doubt that this pow-er comes from Jesus Christ. The second reading, from the book of Revelation, reports John’s mystical vision of the Son of Man, who proclaims, “Once I was dead, but now I live” (Revelation 1:18). The Gospel gathers everyone but Thomas to see the Risen Jesus and receive the Holy Spirit from him. Like Thomas, we who have come along later must have faith so that we can have life. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

We invite all women to join us for: WINGS (“Women in God’s Spirit”)

Wings is a faith enhancement group that encourages Spiritual growth through prayer, scripture study,

Catechesis, life sharing and community. Transfiguration Church, Marian Rm. Parish Hall

Thursday, April 7, 2016, 9:15-11:15a.m. Speaker: Sr. Joann Heinritz

Topic: “Opening Doors of Mercy”

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading: Acts 5:12-16 — Psalm 118

Second Reading: Revelation 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 Gospel: John 20:19-31

The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Ps 40:7-11; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Jn 3:7b-15 Wednesday: Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-9; Jn 3:16-21 Thursday: Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34:2, 9, 17-20; Jn 3:31-36 Friday: Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Jn 6:1-15 Saturday: Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; Jn 6:16-21 Sunday: Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13; Rv 5:11-14; Jn 21:1-19 [1-14]

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Classes, as usual, this week. 2nd Year Reminder: Parent/Student Class

is this Wednesday, April 6 from 7:00 to 9:00p.m. Remember to bring your scissors

and Elmer’s Glue!

Eucharistic Ministers Needed! We are in need of Eucharistic Ministers for the 9:00a.m. Mass. If interested, please call Carina Kowalewski at (510) 582-4808.

Attention "Class"! Join the ICF for a special night of fun and nostalgia by reserving your place in the "classroom" for the play, "Late Night Catechism" on Sat. April 16, 7pm at Holy Names University Theater, 3500 Mountain Blvd , Oakland. Join “Sister” as she takes us down memory lane from our Catholic school days! Tickets are $40 and $50 depending on seat location. Wine and cheese preced-ing @ 5:30pm. All proceeds to benefit the ICF charity pro-grams. Reservations can be made by calling brown paper tickets @1-800-838-3006, ext.1 or online at:

http:/ICFNC.brownpapertickets.com.

Save the Date! FESCO’S 19TH ANNUAL SHUFFLE WALKATHON

SATURDAY, April 30, 2016 9:00AM—12:00 NOON

Divine Mercy Pilgrimage to Poland Join Fr. Thomas Czeck OFM Conv. for a Year of Mercy Pilgrimage to Poland September 30 through October 8, $3,499.00 per person. We will encounter the Saints of Mercy as we explore the missionary center Started by St. Maximilian Kolbe in honor of the Immaculate Virgin Mary at the Niepokalanow monastery. We will also go to the bunker at Auschwitz where he was killed as he of-fered his life for another. We travel to encounter the plac-es significant to St. John Paul II who gave us Divine Mer-cy Sunday. We will pray the message of Divine mercy as we go to the Divine Mercy Center to pray at the tomb of St. Faustina and pray before the Divine Mercy Image. For More information contact the Our Lady of Grace of-fice at 510 -537- 0806 or email: jay@olgcv.org Information Meeting – April 16, 2016, Saturday @ 6:30p.m. OLG Room, Stack Center

Message to our Newly Confirmed

Hello Wonderful Class of 2016—You have shown us all what it means to be Fully Active, Fully Initiated Catholic Christians………. Thank you for the: Good Friday Pageant—you were wonderful! Egg Hunt for the Parish Children—FUN! First Communion Babysitting in 2 short weeks. You are truly Living the Gospel!

11:00 MASS PEOPLE:

An invitation and a WARNING all at once...Our First Holy Communion is in

TWO short weeks. Sunday, April 17 at 11:00 Mass.

You are invited and most welcome to join us, but BEWARE...with 41 First Communicants and their

families, the church will be VERY, VERY CROWDED!

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner A heartfelt thank you to all the volunteers

who helped with the St. Patrick’s Day Dinner and Dance. We raised over $5,000.00 and had a wonderful evening in the process. The church and this event would not have been a success without the dedication and hard work of our volunteers! Go raibh maith agaibh!

Car Show Transfiguration Church

April 16, 2016—11:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. Help the Buon Tempo Club raise funds for San Leandro’s Relay for Life (American Cancer Society). All cars, trucks, bikes are welcome, any model, any year. Registra-tion is only $20.00 Contact Lindsey Durao for more in-formation at durao42306@aol.com or Michelle Etherton at mush027@aol.com.

Catholic Communication Campaign Next Weekend This collection communicates the Good News through Catholic Social Media activities such as radio, TV, and the internet.

LETTER FROM POPE FRANCIS THE “JOY OF THE GOSPEL” CONTINUED...

The Church’s Missionary Transformation—#127 Person to person Today, as the Church seeks to experience a profound missionary renewal, there is a kind of preaching which falls to each of us as a daily responsibility. It has to do with bringing the Gospel to the people we meet, whether they be our neighbours or complete strangers. This is the informal preaching which takes place in the middle of a conversation, something along the lines of what a missionary does when visit-ing a home. Being a disciple means being constantly ready to bring the love of Jesus to others, and this can happen unexpectedly and in any place: on the street, in a city square, during work, on a journey. Fr. Terry’s Remarks—The most natural thing for most of us is to share with others our favorite pas-sion, be it sport, as it is for many of us, or politics or cooking, or learning or nature, art, music. We have so many loves and passions; they are the Divine side of us. And just as God has so generously shared god-liness with us so we are driven to share our loves and passions with others. Easter reminds that the great-est of all our gifts is the belief that we are loved and redeemed by God. But not everyone believes this and just as you share your enthusiasm about baseball with all you meet, the Church today is begging eve-ryone of us to share our faith with those around us. We have in the past left that to the 'experts'. Every-one of us are living examples of faith. Just allow your natural self to share your love and faith in Jesus in the same way you share with people how wonder-ful the Warriors are especially Steph Curry. Doesn't it make your life more joyous to cheer a bouncing ball? How much more fulfilled will you be when you help others embrace their salvation.